10 Interesting Horse Facts

Just like Zebras, horses were wild animals in the beginning. They were hunted for their skin as well as meat. Around 3000 B.C. things changed and people began taming horses and using them to carry things. Around 1900 B.C. horses first appeared in Greece, which most probably came with the arrival of the Indo-Europeans. The invasion of the Hyksos or Amorites brought with them horses and chariots to Egypt. This was around 1700B.B.C. Here is facts about horse

1. A horse is a member of the “equus” family. This word comes from ancient Greece and means quickness.

A horse is a member of the equus family

2. More than 350 breeds of ponies and horses can be found.

350 breeds of ponies and horses can be found

3. A height of a horse can be measured with the hand, where each hand equals four inches. Each hand equals four inches. If you say a horse is 16.2 hands high, the 2 stands for 2 fingers.

height of horse

4. If you want to know how old a horse is, all you need to do is to count its teeth. A horse gets all of its teeth by the time it is five years old. After that, they just get longer.

teeth of horse

5. An average horse’s head weighs 11.84 pounds.

weight

6. 10 Pounds is the weight of a horse’s heart.

7. A horse is able to drink 10 gallons of water per day (one gallon = 3.78 liters). When horses are in a herd, their behavior is hierarchical the higher-ranked animals in the herd eat and drink first.

horse drink

8. Horses can communicate how they are feeling by their facial expressions. They use their ears, nostrils, and eyes to show their moods. Beware of a horse that has flared nostrils and their ears back. That means it might attack.

horse comunication

9. Horses spend more energy lying down. They are able to doze and enter light sleep while standing, an adaptation from life as a prey animal in the wild. Lying down makes an animal more vulnerable to predators. Horses are able to sleep standing up because a “stay apparatus” in their legs allows them to relax their muscles and doze without collapsing.

horse

10. The other facts about horse that the hoof of a horse is like a fingernail, it keeps on growing and needs to be clipped. It is always growing and needs to be clipped so that it won’t be uncomfortable for the horse.

horse hooves nail polish